Levittown is the name of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States (including one in Puerto Rico) by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons.

Apr 7, 2026 · Levittown, unincorporated residential community in Hempstead town (township), Nassau county, western Long Island, New York, U.S. Developed between 1946 and 1951 by the firm of Levitt …

Levittown itself arguably embodied the best and worst of the postwar American story; it was a result of the entrepreneurship and ingenuity that has come to define the American spirit, but it also …

Jul 31, 2020 · Levittown, Nassau County, was built for returning World War II veterans and is today considered one of the first mass-produced suburbs in the country.

Established in 1947 by visionary developer William Levitt and his company, Levitt & Sons, Levittown was built on former potato fields. The neighborhood’s rapid construction and innovative assembly-line …

Mar 25, 2026 · While it wasn't necessarily the first suburb in America, per se, Levittown, New York, was an "archetype" for modern suburbia, as HistoryNet described it. The town was developed in the late …

1 day ago · Levittown, long known as America’s first suburb and celebrated for its iconic Cape‑style homes, is undergoing a dramatic transformation. One by one, the modest houses built in the 1940s …